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Linowriter: Typewriter Serial Number Age List

Brand: Smith Premier Also known as • Linowriter

Serial Number Table Last Edited: 03/13/18 05:34NOTE: dates shown are JAN 1 unless noted, so the serial number shown is the *first* serial number produced the given year. Exceptions are serial
numbers preceded by "up to"(where you can assume that the numbers reported in that subsection are DECEMBER 31, END OF YEAR NUMBERS)
or rows where a month is given in the month column. If the serial number is shown as a range (xxxx-xxxx) it indicates
that we know the entire range of serial numbers for the given year.

Smith-Premier

Smith-Typewriter Co., Syracuse, U.S.A.

Models and s/n

Y

M

D

Remarks

Ref.

Standard Manual

Serial Number Location: On the top plate under right end of carriage.

31

No. 1

1889

76 keys, case with silverish decoration at each side

4,16

No. 2

7369

1896

Jan.

1

78 keys, black coloured case

4,16

13901

1897

Jan.

1

16

21340

1898

Jan.

1

16

29281

1899

Jan.

1

16

38528

1900

Jan.

1

16

49676

1901

Jan.

1

16

60097

1902

Jan.

1

16

73052

1903

Jan.

1

16

87282

1904

Jan.

1

16

96268

1905

Jan.

1

16

105036

1906

Jan.

1

16

115288

1907

Jan.

1

16

125605

1908

Jan.

1

16

129982

1909

Jan.

1

16

131131

1910

Jan.

1

16

131492

1911

Jan.

1

16

131751

1912

Jan.

1

16

132000

1913

Jan.

1

16

132860

1914

Jan.

1

16

No. 3

193

1896

Jan.

1

7 rows with 12 keys, large carriage

4,16

633

1897

Jan.

1

16

1095

1898

Jan.

1

16

1971

1899

Jan.

1

16

2980

1900

Jan.

1

16

3969

1901

Jan.

1

16

4783

1902

Jan.

1

16

6391

1903

Jan.

1

16

7785

1904

Jan.

1

16

8993

1905

Jan.

1

16

10555

1906

Jan.

1

16

11696

1907

Jan.

1

16

13339

1908

Jan.

1

16

14252

1909

Jan.

1

16

14335

1910

Jan.

1

16

14387

1911

Jan.

1

16

14436

1912

Jan.

1

16

14500

1913

Jan.

1

16

14572

1914

Jan.

1

16

No. 4

680

1896

7 rows with 12 keys, normal carriage

4,7,16

3236

1897

Jan.

1

16

6373

1898

Jan.

1

S.P. Serial #4/8382 sold on July 18, 1898.

16

10528

1899

Jan.

1

16

17134

1900

Jan.

1

16

24413

1901

Jan.

1

16

32861

1902

Jan.

1

16

43171

1903

Jan.

1

16

54267

1904

Jan.

1

Since 1904: Optional with two coloured ribbon, optional tabulator

4,16

63823

1905

Jan.

1

16

74692

1906

Jan.

1

16

89113

1907

Jan.

1

16

105023

1908

Jan.

1

16

112601

1909

Jan.

1

16

113752

1910

Jan.

1

16

114431

1911

Jan.

1

16

1114561

1912

Jan.

1

16

115000

1913

Jan.

1

16

115327

1914

Jan.

1

16

No. 5

387

1901

Jan.

1

Large but more handy carrige

4,16

1290

1902

Jan.

1

16

2362

1903

Jan.

1

16

3704

1904

Jan.

1

4,16

5034

1905

Jan.

1

16

7252

1906

Jan.

1

16

9107

1907

Jan.

1

16

11691

1908

Jan.

1

16

12719

1909

Jan.

1

16

12795

1910

Jan.

1

16

13005

1911

Jan.

1

16

13020

1912

Jan.

1

16

No. 6

47

1900

Jan.

1

Largest carriage of all

4

322

1901

Jan.

1

4,16

633

1902

Jan.

1

16

1102

1903

Jan.

1

16

1529

1904

Jan.

1

4,16

1886

1905

Jan.

1

16

2707

1906

Jan.

1

16

3193

1907

Jan.

1

16

3718

1908

Jan.

1

16

1963

1909

Jan.

1

16

13992

1910

Jan.

1

16

4005

1911

Jan.

1

16

4010

1912

Jan.

1

16

No. 7

4

No. 8

4

No. 9

125

1906

Jan.

1

96 keys, tri-coloured ribbon

4,16

1874

1907

Jan.

1

16

4478

1908

Jan.

1

16

5678

1909

Jan.

1

16

5828

1910

Jan.

1

16

5949

1911

Jan.

1

16

5995

1912

Jan.

1

16

6000

1913

Jan.

1

16

6051

1914

Jan.

1

16

No. 10

1001

1908

Jan.

1

84 keys, carriages in 6 sizes (A-F)

4,16

5323

1909

Jan.

1

16

34609

1910

Jan.

1

10,16

62928

1911

Jan.

1

10,16

94445

1912

Jan.

1

10,16

119718

1913

Jan.

1

10,16

133905

1914

Jan.

1

Simplex beginning 1914

9,10,16

XX40001-XX50000

1915

Since August 1914: XX=Two-letter prefix numbers, Remington
s/n's

3

XX50000-XX59999

1915

XX=Two-letter prefix numbers, Remington s/n's

3

XX60000-XX69999

1916

XX=Two-letter prefix numbers, Remington s/n's

3

XX70000-XX79999

1917

XX=Two-letter prefix numbers, Remington s/n's. Production
of full keyboard-machines ended in 1922

3,4

XX80000-XX89999

1918

13

XX90000-XX99999

1919

13

XX00001-XX10001

1920

13

over XX10001

1921

13

SP 30 prefix

1922

9

SP 4

1924

9

SP 5

1925

9

SP 6

1926

9

SP 7

1927

9

SP 8

1928

9

W 103

1929

9

W 113

1930

9

W 121

1931

9

W 126

1932

9

No. 30

First Letter M or First Figure 0, 1 or 2

1921

42 keys, 4-Bank Visible, carriages in 8 sizes (A-H), Monarch
Design

4,6

up to 30000

1922

7

40000

1923

7

50000

1924

7

60000

1925

7

70000

1926

7

80000

1927

7

90000

1928

7

105000

1929

7

115000

1930

7

122000

1931

7

130000

1932

7

135000

1933

7

No. 40

First Letter M or First Figure 0, 1 or 2

1921-1922

46 keys, 4-Bank Visible, carriages in 8 sizes (A-H), Monarch
Design

4,6

Nos. 50 and 60

30001-40000

1923

Model 50 with 42, model 60 with 46 keys

13

up to 50000

1924

13

60000

1925

13

70000

1926

13

80000

1927

13

102000

1928

13

113000

1929

13

120000

1930

13

126000

1931

13

128000

1932

13

130000

1933

13

134000

1934

15

139000

1935

6,13

144000

1936

15

149000

1937

13,15

152000

1938

13,15

153000

1939

Production ended in 1940

15

Smith-Premier Noiseless

Same as Remington Model 6

6,13

Portable

Smith-Premier 35T

Same as Remington Portable 5T

13

Smith-Premier Junior

Same as Remington Portable 5

13

Churn Model

SV417617-SV432205

1935-1939

All other Smith Premier Portable numbers correspond with
Remington Portables